Improvement in trunks



J.GOTTNER.

Trunk.

No. 200,178. Patented Feb. 12, 1878.

INVHTUB ATTORNEYS.

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N. PETERS, PHOTO-LITMOGRAPMER, WASHINGTON D c.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

JOHN OOTTNEB, OF NEW YORK, N. Y.

IMPROVEMENT IN TRUNKS.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 200,1 78, dated February 12, 1878; application filed May 5,1877.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, J oHN OoTTNER, of the city, county, and State of New York, have invented a new and Improved Trunk, of which the following is a specification:

In the accompanying drawings, Figures 1 and 2 represent vertical longitudinal and tran sverse sections of my improved trunk, respectively on line 0 c, Fig. 2, andac 00, Fig. 1; and Fig. 3 is a perspective view of the trunk with lid thrown open to showthe interior arrangement.

Similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts. V

The invention will first be described in connection with the drawings, and then pointed out in the claim.

In the drawing, A represents the body of a trunk B, the lid, and (l the hinged receptacle of the lid, which is released from the lid, to be thrown forward, by withdrawing the spring-catches that look the same to the lid.

The receptacle 0 is divided by a horizontal separating-partition, D, into an upper or lower space, or, when the lid is thrown open, into a front and rear compartment, of which the rear compartment is used in the customary manner for the storage of various articles, while the front compartment is utilized for miscellaneous purposes.

The space in one corner of the front compartment serves, as heretofore, to go over the upper part of the hat-box, which space may be madeavailable for other purposes when no hat-box is used in the trunk. Below the space for the hat-box is a drawer, a, for smaller objects. Adjoining the hat box space is arranged a looking-glass, I), applied by hinges, and protected by a suitable cushion. Below the looking-glass is a drawer, d, for combs and similar articles. The space back of the looking-glass, between the same and the partition D, forms a secret receptacle, 0, for valuables of all kinds, that is unlocked by lock and key, secret catch, or otherwise, and opened by raising a lid from the rear compartment of the receptacle, as shown in Figs. 1 and 2. Y

The opposite corner of the front compartment is taken up by a hinged desk, f, that may be let down on the body of the trunk, as shown in Fig. 3, being provided with receptacles for inkstand, pen-holders, pencils, writing-paper, envelopes, &c., so that the trunk may at any moment be used for Writin g purposes in a very convenient manner. By throwing up the desk f, the same is locked by a suitable 'catch or fastening device.

It will thus be seen that in my double tray a lady can get at her desk orglass without the inconvenience of lifting off the top, and has a secret receptacle for her jewelry.

Having thus described my invention, I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent- A trunk-lid, B, having hinged receptacle 0, divided by a horizontal partition, 1), the

drawer a, adjoining hat-box space, the look ing-glass b, hinged and projected by cushion, the drawer (Z below the glass, a jewel-receptacle back of the glass, and a hinged desk, f, all arranged as shown and described.

his JOHN OOTTNER.

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Witnesses PAUL GoEPEL, O. SEDGWIG 

